The grand conclusion to the acting class I taught tonight was just show me. I had the actors work on one-line auditions, and quickly had them drop their sides to book the role without saying a word. So much of it is in how you stand. How do you move? Where does your gaze fall?Like a kindergarten mantra, show, don't tell; or at least don't just tell. The family portrait and the history lesson. The weekend getaway and the "I love you." The visual and the voice.
Your body in relation to space. At least that's what the man in nothing but a trench coat argues to get out of jail. But it's also the dividing line in something happening or not. Being he-who-acts.
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